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James Comey’s sworn testimony on June 8 sharpened the central question Trump hoped to outrun: whether the president tried to lean on the FBI and then lie about why he fired its director. The hearing gave the White House no safe landing, and it left Republicans with a crisis that could not be waved away as routine Washington drama.
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James Comey’s sworn testimony on June 8 sharpened the central question Trump hoped to outrun: whether the president tried to lean on the FBI and then lie about why he fired its director. The hearing gave the White House no safe landing, and it left Republicans with a crisis that could not be waved away as routine Washington drama.
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James Comey’s sworn testimony on June 8 sharpened the central question Trump hoped to outrun: whether the president tried to lean on the FBI and then lie about why he fired its director. The hearing gave the White House no safe landing, and it left Republicans with a crisis that could not be waved away as routine Washington drama.
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